Research Initiation Grant: Improving Attitudes towards Engineering Via Aesthetics

这个工程教育研究启动补助金旨在探索如何工程流体动力学可以通过从事工程团队的艺术学生来教授。 该研究探讨了学生对流体力学的感知的发展，通过对学习结果和保留的影响，将所学内容与更传统的数学方法进行对比。 将进行混合方法研究和感知训练研究，以探索专业知识的发展。这个项目的更广泛的意义和重要性是通过这种替代性的方法来解决学生的动机和保留问题，这些学生目前以低于同龄人的速度保留在工程领域。 结合视觉艺术和工程背景的学生来探索流体问题，可能会导致对更广泛的受众传达工程的见解。 该项目与NSF的战略目标重叠，即通过准备一支具有新能力和专业知识的工程队伍来改变前沿。 此外，NSF为社会创新的目标是通过建设国家公民通过工程解决社会挑战的能力来实现的。

This engineering education research initiation grant seeks to explore how engineering fluid dynamics can be taught by engaging students from the arts on engineering teams. The study explore development of students' perception of fluid mechanics, contrasting what is learned with more traditional, mathematical approaches via the impact on learning outcomes and retention. A mixed-methods study and perceptual training study will be conducted to explore expertise development. The broader significance and importance of this project arises through the potential for such alternative pedagogies to address both motivation and retention of students who are currently retained in engineering at a lower rate than peers. Combining students from visual arts and engineering backgrounds to explore fluid problems may lead to insights on communicating engineering to a broader audience. This project overlaps with NSF's strategic goals of transforming the frontiers through preparation of an engineering workforce with new capabilities and expertise. Additionally NSF's goal of innovating for society is enabled by building the capacity of the nation's citizenry for addressing societal challenges through engineering.